ORANGE
BIO
Hisham Siblini is a Senior Telecom Executive with strong management and operational experience . He built and developed successful wireless and wireline operations around the world . This includes building teams and leading networks and operations from green field to more mature stages in highly competitive environments . He held CTIO , CEO and senior Networks and IT roles in multiple countries across Europe , Middle East and North Africa .
Siblini holds a Master Degree in Radio Communications from the “ ENST ”, Ecole National Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris , France . He has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and Information Technology sectors .
32 % of Egyptians have bank accounts , and so Orange Money offers a simplified , secure way to transfer money in the region .
“ Egypt is a very large country so this service allows someone who works in Cairo to transfer money to their family , for instance , in a very convenient way ,” says Siblini . “ It ’ s a flexible platform and so technology definitely plays a key role in the service .
“ The difficulty of developing Orange Egypt comes from a regulatory perspective . We are trying to explore the idea of utility payments , for example , but we need the regulations to evolve and allow us to do more .”
Headquartered in Cairo , Orange Egypt has emerged as a leading telecom provider in a country which is ripe for development .
Over the past two years , the Egyptian subsidiary has rolled-out its longawaited 4G network which Siblini says wouldn ’ t be possible without two fundamental assets .
“ I think at Orange we have two major assets : the quality of our people and the Orange brand ,” he says . “ The quality of education in Egypt is incredible and
294 June 2018